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gray-headed

or grey-head·ed

[ grey-hed-id ]

/ ˈgreɪˈhɛd ɪd /

adjective

having gray hair.

of or relating to old age or old people.

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Origin of gray-headed

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby gray-headed

grayfish, gray fox, Gray Friar, gray goods, gray hat, gray-headed, gray hepatization, grayhound, gray induration, gray iron, grayish

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Example sentences from the Web for gray-headed

But in the traditions of his followers, he is almost uniformly represented as an old, or as a gray-headed man.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome|Albert Schwegler
The man whom he saw entering slowly and reluctantly into the room behind Phebe, was gray-headed, bent, and abject.
Cobwebs and Cables|Hesba Stretton
This explains the allusion in “I stand here old and gray-headed.”
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised)|Melvin Randolph Gilmore
Meanwhile Cephalus, gray-headed and stricken in years, more weary than the others, sat silent and apart.
Half a Hundred Hero Tales|Various

The old, the gray-headed, strong iron men, and those who were feeble at once encircled him.
Pabo, The Priest|Sabine Baring-Gould

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